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Show POULSON BITNER HURST HULLFELT B. HO WELLS1910 Dramatics{Continued)The three Salt Lake Theatre performances came on January 21 and 22. The production was in every respect a finished one. The gross receipts of over a thousand dollars were the largest in the history of the Club. If there was a fault it was with us in front of the curtain, rather than with those behind it.At American Fork, the towns-people, through some mistake, went to a basketball game instead of to "Trelawny of the Wells." And even the University Mandolin and Guitar Club could not gather them in. Mr. Powers wore an anxious look, and insisted that the players confine themselves to> three meals a day. As a result, he was at once dubbed "Tight Waddo, the Manager." Through the splendid support of Brigham Young University teachers and students, the Provo audience was large and appreciative and the play went well. Manager Powers' smile came back, and the next day the cast visited the asylum of its own free will. Another feature of the Southern trip was Jennie Ryan's original research on "Why is a mouse that spins?"On the afternoon of February 10 the Oregon Short Line train obligingly waited till the leading lady arrived and the Club started on its ever popular Northern trip. At Brigham City, much to the disgust of the hack-driver, Manager Powers formed his squad into a column of fours and marched up town, and dared the boldest to come forth and say aloud, "Tight Waddo." The audience that night was fair-sized, but the enthusiasm did not boil; it simply simmered mildly. After the performance the Club was entertained at a banquet by the Misses Knudson, and Jennie Ryan threw some additional light on the problem of "Why is a mouse that spins?" by deciding that the point hinged on a derivation of the Latin verb spinnio, meaning to whirl. At Ogden the audience was composed mainly of students of the Deaf and Dumb school, and the applause is said to have been tremendous. Mr. Goff and Mr. Powers came near having to walk the streets all that night because they had not heard of the 4 o'clock (132) |
